Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Son of 'man who banned the Beatles from Israel' speaks out An upcoming concert by Paul McCartney has revived memories of the 1960s, when an Israeli official supposedly called off a Beatles concert for fear it would corrupt the nation's youth. Trouble is, the story might not be true. The official's son is taking the opportunity to try to clear his father's name [more...] Source: Time

Cirque du Soleil's Love: Deserving of the title There cannot be a show anywhere more aptly named than Love, the Cirque du Soleil tribute to The Beatles that has been drawing sell-out crowds to Las Vegas' Mirage Hotel and Casino since June 26, 2006. If you see nothing else in Las Vegas, please see Love. You'll love it. [more...] Source: Broadway World

Spinetti brings acclaimed solo show to northern Scotland Victor Spinetti, the theatrical legend and raconteur who had a close association with the Beatles in the 1960s, will be taking his acclaimed one-man show to the Highlands next month. He will present A Very Private Diary – Revisited at Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, on September 9 and 10 as part of a UK tour. [more...] Source: John O'Groat Journal, UK

A fan's silver Beatles anniversary American Beatles fan and promoter Charles Rosenay celebrated his silver anniversary at Beatles Week by meeting Liverpool's Lord Mayor. It is his 25th year of organising Beatles trips and yesterday he and the other Americans dropped into the town hall for a spot of tea with Lord Mayor Steve Rotheram. [more...] Source: Liverpool Echo

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

We love you ... ja, ja, ja A new square dedicated to The Beatles is being officially unveiled in Hamburg. The Beatles Platz, believed to be the first square in the world named after the band, will be opened by the Mayor of Hamburg at a special ceremony on September 11. The event is the culmination of a seven-year campaign to honour the Fab Four. [more...] Source: Liverpool Echo

City of song in tune for Mathew Street festival Liverpool culture officials today hailed this year's Mathew Street Festival the biggest the city has ever seen. Music fans poured into the city for the second day of the festival yesterday with the party spilling across six outdoor stages, many in new locations, and 30 indoor venues. [more...] Source: Liverpool Echo

Sgt. Pepper's performed live, 40 years after release Friday at Texas Station in North Las Vegas is the last stop on a 10-city tour for a unique tribute event called "It Was Forty Years Ago Today: A Tribute to the Greatest Album of All Time: 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,' " a live presentation of the epochal album, re-created by an unlikely band of veteran American and English rockers. [more...] Source: Las Vegas Sun

Famous Beatles venue seats for sale The New York Mets are now selling pairs of Shea Stadium seats exclusively through the team's Web site, to be shipped later this year after the end of the Mets' last season in the Queens stadium, where the Beatles played in 1965. Mets fans and Beatles fans will be able to purchase orange, blue, green or red seats for $869 per pair. [more...] Source: Chicago Tribune

Monday, August 25, 2008

A fan's fab memories of Beatles' yesterdays Frieda Kelly was at the Beatles Convention in Liverpool yesterday to give a talk about her years as secretary of the official Beatles Fan Club. "When I started, there were about 200 members, but when the whole thing exploded worldwide there were about 40,000," said Frieda, who was barely 17 when she took over the club. [more...] Source: Liverpool Daily Post

Victor Spinetti visits Mathew Street Festival Victor Spinetti, a friend of the Beatles who appeared in A Hard Day's Night, Help! and Magical Mystery Tour, made his first visit to the Mathew Street Festival in Liverpool in 27 years and described the Fab Four as "very special people." A new film, Memories of the Magical Mystery Tour, narrated by Mr Spinetti, was also premiered at the Beatles Week convention. [more...] Source: Liverpool Echo

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Paul McCartney announces date of performance in Israel Paul McCartney has announced his plans to perform in Israel next month. As part of his world tour, he will give a single concert at Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv on September 25. McCartney was scheduled to perform in Israel 43 years ago with the Beatles, but government officials banned them from appearing in Israel in 1965. [more...] Source: Haaretz, Israel

Photos documented Beatles' magical misery tour As the Beatles' gravy train began to derail, one man captured the madness. Robert Whitaker's photographs, many unseen, show the beginning of the end of their stage career, three-and-a-bit years after their first No 1 record, and three-and-a-bit years before their partnership had disintegrated. [more...] Source: The Times, London

Hotels packed for Mathew Street Festival weekend Hotels across Liverpool were booked up today as the city wakes up to one of the biggest party weekends of the year. Thousands of people are descending on Liverpool for the Mathew Street Festival tomorrow and Monday, ploughing millions of pounds into the Liverpool's economy. [more...] Source: Liverpool Echo

Friday, August 22, 2008

Interview: Stu Sutcliffe's sister on upcoming art retrospective A major retrospective of the work of Stuart Sutcliffe has gone on display in Liverpool this week. "I think, over the years, Stuart has come to represent some kind of romantic ideal," Stu's sister Pauline says. "He was beautiful looking, secondly he was enormously talented, and thirdly, he was extremely young." [more...] Source: Liverpool Daily Post

Beatles guitar maker Rickenbacker still a small company Rickenbacker, the company that made the first electric guitar and whose instruments were popularized by the Beatles in the 1960s, can't make them fast enough. The family-owned company still makes everything at one small factory in Santa Ana, California, 38 miles southeast of Los Angeles. [more...] Source: Bloomberg News

In Pictures: Beatles Magical Mystery Tour unseen footage New unseen home movie footage of The Beatles features in a new film on the Fab Four. The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour Memories includes recollections and anecdotes from a selection of celebrities, fans and cast of the film who witnessed the making of the original 1967 film, The Magical Mystery Tour. [more...] Source: The Mirror, UK

Autographed Love Me Do single expected to auction for $24,000 A fully signed Love Me Do single, bought from Dawson's Music Shop in Widnes on October 6, 1962, the day after its release, is going up for auction and is expected to fetch more than £12,000. The auction will be held tomorrow in The Paul McCartney Auditorium at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. [more...] Source: Runcorn and Widnes World, UK

Photo exhibit offers Dose of Rock 'n' Roll in Tennessee Photos by Nancy Lee Andrews with Ringo Starr, whom she dated in the late '70s, including images of rock icons Bob Dylan, George Harrison and others, as well as more recent photos of country stars such as Dolly Parton, are on view at the Tennessee State Museum now through August 31. [more...] Source: The Tennessean

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Beatle portraits revealed at climax of two-year art project The Fab Four returned to St George's Hall last night, in the form of a complete set of portraits by Liverpool artist Tony Brown. The images of each of the Beatles mark the culmination of a series of paintings called 100 Heads Thinking As One, depicting people who have made their own contribution to Liverpool life. [more...] Source: Liverpool Daily Post

Beatles collage artist located Amanda Lynn Ciminelli, currently attending Ford Vocational Technical School in Westland and studying photography, is the creator of a collage that melted the hearts of people involved with the tribute show "Get Back! -- Cast of Beatlemania" when she forwarded it to them via a security guard last summer. [more...] Source: Freep, Detroit

History: The Beatles started a revolution that changed us all forever The Beatles responded to the shift towards violence in the late sixties with "Revolution," the first Beatles song with an explicitly political statement. As John Lennon sings in his masterpiece on the need for nonviolent change, "When you talk about destruction, don't you know that you can count me out?" [more...] Source: The Reporter-Times, Indiana

Bollywood and the Beatles "Hello London, we're Yeasayer," beamed frontman Chris Keating. Like The Beatles might have sounded if they'd gone to Rishikesh and not come home, or an impossibly accomplished Bollywood soundtrack, Yeasayer's music owes as much to the East as it does to the West. [more...] Source: This is London

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Paul McCartney denies wedding rumours Paul McCartney has denied rumours he is set to wed American heiress Nancy Shevell. The couple was spotted shopping at top London jewellers S.J. Phillips. But a representative for the former Beatle has denied the star is to wed, saying, "It is nonsense to say they are getting married." [more...] Source: Showbiz Spy

Rumor: Macca invites girlfriend Nancy to join him on world tour When Sir Paul McCartney hits the road on his world tour later this year, there'll be one very special guest joining him for the ride. The former Beatle has apparently invited his millionairess love Nancy Shevell to join him after the fun they had on their Route 66 road trip through the US earlier this month. [more...] Source: Hello Magazine

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